Tea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” Decoration

Tea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” Decoration

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Famed throughout China, Jian wares were also exported to Japan, often by Buddhist monks who had visited monasteries in the nearby center at Mount Tianmu. As a result, ceramics with this type of decoration are known in Japan as tenmoku, after the Japanese reading of the name of the mountain. Tenmoku glazes continue to play an important role in Western pottery today.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” DecorationTea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” DecorationTea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” DecorationTea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” DecorationTea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” Decoration

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.